Osatu

OST

threatened

Alternate Names: Ihatum, Ossatu

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 60% with Balo ,, 40% with Ipulo , and Caka ,, 35% with Mesaka , and Esimbi ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Tivoid

Demographics: 400 (2002 SIL).

Language Use: Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes].

Language Development: Literacy is in English.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Traditional religion.